Assessment of ecosystem health by evaluating multiple biomarkers in a nonhuman organism

摘要

A novel method for assessing the health of an ecosystem is provided. The method comprises measuring the levels of a plurality of physiological parameters of a nonhuman organism living in the ecosystem and determining whether the organism is healthy or physiologically stressed based on the levels of the tested physiological parameters. To the extent that the organism is physiologically stressed, the results of the measurement are employed to assess the type and degree of stress occurring in the ecosystem.